Drake Quotes
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'Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.' I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection.
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I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, 'Oh, that's the hook right there,' I'll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook.
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I have an urge to communicate. I think I'm a change from what it would be like dating a normal guy who doesn't talk too much.
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I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed.
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Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection.
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You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.
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My life is mine to remember.
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I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because... you know... I don't have the tattoos; I have a different image.
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I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out.
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Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.
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My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.
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Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.
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To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.
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When you're on the road and moving city to city, when someone isn't there at the end of the night, you feel empty.
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Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.
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I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.
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I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.
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My mother made me truly appreciate women.
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I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.
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I respect Chris Brown. I'd like to call myself a friend - I don't know if I'm allowed to do that.
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When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you.
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Kanye West is my favorite artist.
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I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.
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There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.